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The Dutch Have Arrived!!
The First europeans to sail to Australia Were the Dutch from the Netherlands in 1606 but , they did not settle because they were attacked by the Aborigines. -
Uhh Oh not the British!!
Captain James Cook sailed around Australia. Cook named the area New South Wales. Ignoed the aboriginees and claimed the land for england -
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Prisoners as Colonists
American Revolution forced the British to stop sending prisoners to Georga .Great Britian had to start looking for another place to place its prisoners. Australia seemed like a good choice -
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New South Wales
From 1788 to 1832 New south Wales was an official penal colony.British /transported prisoners to Australia til 1868 -
Australia the Colony
Colony of Australia began with establishment of Port Jackson in New South Wales -
The perfect colony
Great Britian saw Australia was a good place to put its navy.Also it had oppurtunities for trading with Asia and the Americas. -
Convicts take Over Australia
British made there convicts go on work duty and build up Australia -
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Port Arthur,Tasmania
1833-1850 british destenation for its hardest convicted criminals,or those who were re-offenders -
CommonWealth of Australia
1861 -government officials created boundariesfor the coloniesthat are still used today
